I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 235: The Defense War Begins

The Mu family, who hadn't had a proper hot meal for several days, ate voraciously, devouring the food in no time, except Mrs. Mu.

Mrs. Mu had a small appetite to begin with, and secondly, the living conditions on the road were the best. Mu Jingzhi and others always gave the best food to her, fearing that she would get sick and delay the journey.

The group of people had a delicious meal and a comfortable sleep. The next day, before the guards and servants of the Mu family left, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou prepared pancakes, pot cakes, fried rice, etc. for them, which were made overnight by hired people.

In addition to these dry foods that are durable and can be eaten even when it gets cold, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou also prepared pickles, dried meat, dried fruits, etc. for them to eat on the road.

Everyone thanked them profusely and were escorted out of the shelter by Mu Jingzhi, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan in the morning light.

After they left, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan's lives returned to normal again.

While studying with the Lin father and son, they also trained the patrol members, especially the new ones who had joined.

The training content includes two parts, one is to improve their individual combat effectiveness, and the other is to improve their coordinated combat capabilities.

In terms of individual combat power, Gu Wenxuan further divided it into three parts: long-range, melee, and scouts based on the individual strengths of the patrol team members.

The people of Jia Village hunt all year round, and they have a clear advantage over the villagers of Bai Village and those farmers in archery and exploration, so they are basically assigned to long-range and scout teams.

The current situation is that half of the scout team is made up of villagers from Jiajia Village, and the remaining half is made up of villagers from Baijia Village and those farmers. The long-range team is made up of villagers from Jiajia Village, and the remaining 30% is made up of villagers from Baijia Village and those farmers.

It is worth mentioning that although Yang Wandong is small, he is more hardworking than anyone else.

Whether they were teaching him to read, practicing martial arts or asking him to do things, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan had never seen him slacking off.

Although his talent in martial arts was not outstanding, based on his hard work, Gu Wenxuan was certain that he would become a top master in the future.

Gu Wenxuan praised him to Bai Jingzhou in private, and Bai Jingzhou sighed and said to Gu Wenxuan: "He must be afraid that he will become homeless again. His father died and his mother remarried, and his unscrupulous uncles occupied his family's house and kicked him out. He is extremely insecure now."

With great difficulty, Bai Jingzhou was willing to take him home, to feed him, to clothe him, and to live in a warm room that was not drafty. The other members of the Bai family were also very kind to him, and did not beat, scold, or drive him away. Of course, he would desire to gain everyone's recognition and to stay here as long as possible.

Gu Wenxuan couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, "If he can be loyal to you from beginning to end, it would be nice to let him follow you and do things all the time."

Bai Jingzhou nodded. "He was driven out penniless, but the first thing he thought of was to be self-reliant instead of begging on the streets. This alone is worthy of our attention."

Of course, those homeless beggars were also very pitiful, and when he and Gu Wenxuan had spare capacity, they would not mind doing more good deeds within their capacity.

On the fifth day after the Mu family's guards and attendants left, news of a fight between the two sides spread to Jiajia Village through the mouths of refugees.

The scout team that went out to gather information was led by Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou. Relying on their good skills, the two of them often got close to a small group of refugees and hid to eavesdrop on their conversations.

After hearing that the two sides had started fighting and the fleeing remnants had already reached the vicinity of Qingshan County, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou no longer sent the scout team out to gather information.

They increased the number of patrols inside and outside the shelter, and required several team leaders to have at least two people on duty at all times of day and night to fully supervise the patrol members on duty who are responsible for the safety of the shelter.

Thanks to the increasingly chaotic situation outside, no one on patrol raised any objection to Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou's decision.

Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou had not thought of hiding the bad news that the outside world had become completely chaotic. Everyone living in the shelter heard that the two sides had failed to reach an agreement on the terms of surrender, so the person to whom Mu Hanzhi was secretly loyal led a large army to attack the small force they now belonged to.

The dignitaries here did not expect that the enemy would launch a surprise attack on them in the coldest days of winter, and they thought that the battle would be delayed until the next spring plowing season. They were completely unprepared and inevitably suffered losses in a hasty fight.

In addition, Mu Hanzhi helped to place a lot of people in several important cities on their side. When their commander led his troops to attack the city, these people cooperated with the army from inside and outside, greatly reducing the difficulty of the army's siege.

They were advancing like a hot knife through butter, while the side that had been hastily fighting was demoralized and suffered a crushing defeat, and was soon completely conquered by the other side.

The upper echelons here were either dead or captured and were waiting for the other side's follow-up arrangements. Only a few stragglers who were unwilling to surrender were left, blending into the refugee group and burning, killing and looting everywhere.

Jiajia Village, where Gu Wenxuan and her friends live, has become a fat piece of meat in the eyes of many violent people because it has not suffered much loss.

They want to make a big profit, then run away with the money and food. While the situation is still chaotic, they want to find a place to settle down and become naturalized, pretending to be ordinary people who have never done anything bad.

Their idea was beautiful, but it could not compare to the thorough preparations that Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou had already made.

Trenches, high walls, arrow towers, each of them required lives to be paid for. In addition, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou also set up many mechanisms and traps. Those patrol members who fought bravely had also undergone long-term training. Relying on the high walls, trenches and arrow towers of the shelter, their performance was no worse than that of the regular army.

Realizing that this would be the last big battle, Bai Jingzhou took out all the poisonous powders he had saved regardless of the cost. No matter whether they were those that could make people unconscious or die, or those that could only make people's limbs weak or their skin itchy, he took them all out.

Gu Wenxuan doesn't have Bai Jingzhou's ability to sneak around, but she is strong and has good aim. Just by standing on the high wall and throwing stones, she can truly be like one man blocking the way for ten thousand.

The battle was in full swing for about an hour, and the stragglers and refugees who had been planning to attack them finally gave up the idea of ​​conquering this tortoise shell.

They left one after another, but Gu Wenxuan did not immediately open the gate, lower the drawbridge, and allow everyone to enter and exit the shelter freely.

Anyway, the weather is cold now, so the bodies won’t rot if they are left there for a few more days.

She called out to the women who had been helping to boil water, "Aunties, please help prepare hot meals for everyone."